Willson Contreras or Marcus Stroman? And check out Christopher Morel’s historic 118-year feat for the Cubs.
And it’s in that spirit that we unveil the first installment of NBC Sports Chicago’s weekly Trade Deadline Power Rankings of Cubs assets:As one of the top catchers in the game today and top hitters available at the deadline, he probably already was at the top of the list. But when Ross said Monday he’s “confident” Contreras will avoid the injured list with the sore hamstring that has kept him out of the lineup the last two games, that secured his ranking for another week.
If there’s an upside in this COVID-19 world, Robertson brings it as a vaxed and boosted player who appeared fully recovered when he returned from a five-day bout with the virus this month. Whether that provides some kind of double-immunity, at the very least it means he’s allowed into Canada — eh, Yankees and Rays?The left-handed starter debuts at No.
The other: Solly Hofman, who played short, left, center and right in his first four starts as a Cub in 1904.Canada’s continued policy forbidding foreign visitors who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 has given the Blue Jays a predictable home-field advantage in the early going. The only team to beat the Jays in a series in Toronto this year is the only one that traveled intact to Canada since the first week of the season: the Yankees.“Rules are rules,” Jays manager Charlie Montoya said last month. “From experience, nobody gives a sh—. Nobody cared about us when we were in Dunedin.”
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